Originally Posted by belliott (Post 744571)

ALPA is not the reason... the reason is the people who donate their time and efforts to make CJC ALPA what it is. Of course ALPA gives the guidance and structure but without our pilots putting in the work we would have zilch...

Originally Posted by Dark Knight (Post 744977)

This thread has been darn near hijacked...

Now we're talkin' about "the industry".....

Originally Posted by The Juice (Post 744546)

Suggest you get your facts straight and stop taking crap just for the sake of talking crap. There are many regionals with less pay for the equiptment than Colgan, Great Lakes, Lynx, Gulfstream, CommutAir, and Mesa to name a few. I know those airlines are not the "gold standard" of airlines but lets not act like Colgan is the worst, you just like to bash Colgan.

Colgan is improving by the day when it comes to scheduling and work rules, although we have a long way to go and continue to make strides in negotiations.

Since our union has been working with management we have been able to totally revamp our scheduling/bidding practices. No more are the days of upgrading and not knowing your base assignment untill after upgrade, we now know the base before hand and have the option to turn the upgrade down for a later date. This was never before the case, you either took the upgrade or you were blacklisted.

We can bid build up line with preferences and all lines are reviewed by the scheduling committee before being sent out to the pilots, no more 9-10 leg days. Base changes are now done through a vacancy bid, whereas before it was done by whomever kissed the most butt and then got the base they wanted. People senior to others always got stepped over for base changes because of this. This is no longer the case with vacancy bids.

The schedules are better as well. Before, your schedule would be a mix of 4 days, day trips, morning shows, evening shows, and reserve with a possible standup in order to keep the credit down. This is no longer the case as our schedules are reviewed beforehand by the union. We also now have online trip trade/open time.

These are just a few things we have acheived without a CBA. This was done with the hard work of our scheduling committee and others.

Out MEC is working hard to improve things for the pilot group and I believe the Colgan in 2 years will not resemble the Colgan we know today.

Originally Posted by Spoilers (Post 744478)

Isn't there a 1 year training contract?

Anyone who wants you to sign a contract probably ain't worth working for.

Originally Posted by DCH Pilot (Post 744986)

Seriously, that time I checked, everyone required a training contract. Majors, 135 outfits, Fractionals, hell even freight haulers are requiring a 1 year contract. Good to see your to goodto work for anyone.

Originally Posted by The Juice (Post 744546)

Out MEC is working hard to improve things for the pilot group and I believe the Colgan in 2 years will not resemble the Colgan we know today.

Originally Posted by eaglefly (Post 745002)

If your current management team is still there in 2 years, then you're in for a devistating disappointment.

Originally Posted by Cruise (Post 744689)

True....it's the people involved donating time and effort (ask me how I know...;) ).

However, the large picture is the infrastructure provided by ALPA. Regardless, things have improved; and on a side note, I only see this trend continuing. Someone said (Juice perhaps) the Colgan today will not be the Colgan tomorrow....I think that's spot on!

The haters can talk all the smack they want now.......they're opportunities are waning. :)